Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Bas Congo - Serie III - Dans les revieres du Mayumbe Mission du Luali. Several mission buildings are shown raised on short piles. A furled flag is visible in the background, raised atop a wooden structure., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Nieuw Antwerpen - De missiepost. Nile Anvers - La mission. "Woonhula der Missionarissen Habijtation des Peres." Several brick buildings are visible behind young palm trees. A grassy lawn is prominent in the foreground., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the bottom of the correspondence section is "Scheut (Kongo) Eigendom van Propriete de Scheut"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Mission residence in Nantungchow [now Nantong], Lois Anna Ely, U.C.M.S. Nantungchow, Nov. 13, 1930. Dear Mrs. Bryan, Will you have as merry a Christmas under your palms as we will under our plane trees? I hope so and that the year 1931 will be full of health and happiness for you and your dear ones. Sincerely yours, Lois Ely., and This photograph is from the papers of Frank and Verna Garrett who served under the United Christian Missionary Society in the Nanjing area from 1896 to 1932.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Les Missionnaires Premontres de France "La Mission de Maroantsetra fondee par le P. Louis de Gonzague." Several wooden mission buildings are shown standing behind a low stick fence., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting.
A Mission Station. Ijebu Country A brick building and a white building are set among trees., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher, "C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos" (Church Missionary Society)
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., De Missie te St. Truiden-bij-Lusambo. ("The Mission at St. Truiden to Lusambo") A panoramic view of the mission, with a number of children standing on the mission grounds. Thatched roof buildings made of brick can be seen in the distance., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Congo -Eigendom van Scheut.'"
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 81 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A graveyard lies behind the American missionary church in the east suburbs of Ningpo [Ningbo]. Notes on the sleeve of the photo album state that the missionaries Jenkins and Robertson were interred there. The Rev. Dean Goddard preached at this Church., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Dean Goddard, who was an ABFMS missionary in Ningpo, Che-chiang, China from 1870-1903.
A detailed note describing the complex and its surroundings accompanied this photograph. The building on the hilltop is June Cottage. The rear of Morrison Cottage was situated to the right of where this photograph was taken. A stone workman's house is in the foreground. A Chinese laborer can be seen at the entrance. The entire site was cleared for construction over the course of 2000 days labor and was superintended by a Mr. Chen Ding. They had to quarry through solid rock to clear this landing. The site is approx. 800 ft. above sea level. June Cottage was used as a beacon for ships entering the nearby harbor. The note also relates some plans to expand this complex by adding a conference hall, a dormitory, and several terraces., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
31 - Afrique Orientale - Le Pere au Dispensaire A Catholic missionary father sits on a building's steps, wrapping a bandage around a small child's arms. Other children look on., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Aidez les Missions des Peres du St.-Esprit. C. C. 1059-56 Abonnez-vous a leurs "Annales" - 10 fr. C. C. 611-49 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (Vc arr.)" Louys Bauer, Imp. Dijon" "Edition "Spiritus""
Africa Cristiana Serie I - Flora e Fauna "6 - Nido di formiche termite". This color postcard shows a missionary father stands next to a large mud termite mound three times as tall as a man. Standing on and around the mound are a dozen other people., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has a postmark and handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Questi alpinisti intrepidi e arditi Hanno scanato un.. nido di termiti! Ma son contenti non d'aver scalato, Bensi delle formiche che han mangiato!" "L'Istituto Missioni Africane accoglie Giovani Studenti e Fratelli Catechisti desiderosi di consacrarsi all'Opera delle Missioni in Africa."
